Missing
Kevin Lee Ellsworth
Ellsworth, approximately 1982
Date and time person was reported missing : 07/11/1982
Missing location (approx) :
International Falls, Minnesota
Missing classification : Endangered Missing
Gender : Male
Ethnicity :
White
DOB : 09/25/1963 (57)
Age at the time of disappearance: 18 years old
Height / Weight : 5'11, 180 pounds
Description, clothing, jewerly and more : A white leather Ivy League hat, a gold neck chain, Nike sneakers, white bell-bottom pants and no watch or rings. Carrying false identification with the name Dale Anderson.
Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: Caucasian male. Brown hair, blue/hazel eyes. Ellsworth has steel pin or screw placed in his right thumb/wrist joint as the result of a motorcycle accident.
Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Ellsworth was last seen in the evening of July 11, 1982 in International Falls, Minnesota. Earlier, he was involved in a disruption at the local Union Hall after he and his friends crashed a wedding reception there. He had used false identification under the name Dale Anderson to buy beer for himself.
A witness reported seeing Ellsworth leaving the hall headed toward the bowling alley at 2:30 a.m. He reportedly said, "Anybody who stays around here is going to jail, come with me to heaven."
Ellsworth had done some janitorial work for his father at the Rex Hotel in International Falls and had a key to the building. The hotel was abandoned at the time, but Ellsworth may have been sleeping in a basement room in the hotel. He was aware that a cot was still down there.
The building caught fire and burned to the ground on July 11. Ellsworth's remains were not found in the rubble, but the car he had been using was found parked across the street from the hotel. A key to the hotel was found nearby, but it is unknown whether it was Ellsworth's.
One witness says she saw Ellsworth walking in International Falls after the fire, but this has not been confirmed. He has never been heard from again. He has ties to Kelso, Washington, where his family members live and where he grew up. He also may have been sighted in Eau Claire, Wisconsin around the time of his disappearance. His case remains unsolved.
Other information and links : ncy
Koochiching Country Sheriff's Department
218-283-4416
September 2021 updates and sources
The Doe Network
Minnesota Department of Public Safety
The Stevens Point Journal
The Minneapolis Star-Tribune
October 12, 2004. November 10, 2018; Description, clothing, jewerly and more : and Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : updated.
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